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Equal Protection
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Religion Clause
9th Circuit: California IDEA Rules Violate Free Exercise Clause
In Loffman v, California Department of Education, (9th Cir., Oct. 28, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a California federal district court's dismissal of a suit by…
Construction Law Zone
USDOT’S DBE Program Blocked in Kentucky and Indiana
By Bill Wilson
The end of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program is getting closer. The DBE program presumes women and minority-owned firms are disadvantaged and sets goals…
Inside Government Contracts
Federal Court Enjoins DOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program On Equal Protection Grounds
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, there has been an increase in legal challenges…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Upholds Title IX’s Exemption for Religious Institutions Against Establishment Clause, Equal Protection Challenges
The Ninth Circuit ruled that Title IX's exemption for religious organizations from its prohibition on sex discrimination did not violate the Establishment Clause or equal protection. The court also dismissed…
Last Month at the Supreme Court
Decision Alert: Supreme Court Weighs Evidence of Racial Gerrymandering
By Chantel Febus, James Azadian, Christopher Sakauye, Monika Harris, Puja R. Valera, A. Joseph Duffy IV, Dykema
On May 23, 2024, the Supreme Court held 6-3 in Alexander v. S. Carolina State Conf. of the NAACP that the three-judge panel in the district court erred in finding…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Sessions v. Morales-Santana, Five Years On by John Vlahoplus
Sessions v. Morales-Santana, Five Years On by John Vlahoplus,18 Bender's Immigration Bulletin 1215 (2023)AbstractThe Supreme Court’s 2017 decision in Sessions v. Morales-Santana was a landmark victory for equality over congressional power. For…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Freedom of Expressive Association vs. Equal Protection: Boy Scouts of America v. Dale 25 Years Later
Elizabeth Sepper has posted an interesting new look at Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, a nearly 25 year old case in which the Supreme Court upheld the Boy Scouts…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Comstock Act’s Equal Protection Problem
By Tracy Thomas
Danny Li, The Comstock Act's Equal Protection ProblemFollowing its victory in Dobbs, the antiabortion movement has set its sights on a national abortion ban. Intense popular backlash to abortion-restrictive legislation,…
PrawfsBlawg
Tea leaves on gender-affirming care? (Updated)
Main Monday, June 24, 2024Tea leaves on gender-affirming care? (Updated)SCOTUS granted cert in United States v. Skrmetti on whether Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors violates equal protection. This…
Municipal Minute
In the Zone: Court Rejects "Class of One" Equal Protection Lawsuit in Land Use Case
In Greenwald Family LP v. Village of Mukwonago, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a municipality in a "class of one" equal protection lawsuit challenging the…